pulmonate

[ puhl-muh-neyt, -nit, pool- ]

adjective

1. Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
2. belonging to the Pulmonata, an order of gastropod mollusks usually breathing by means of a lunglike sac, and including most of the terrestrial snails and the slugs and certain aquatic snails.

noun

1. a pulmonate gastropod.

pulmonate

/ ˈpʌlmənɪt; ˈpʊl- /

adjective

1. having lungs or lunglike organs
2. of, relating to, or belonging to the Pulmonata, a mostly terrestrial subclass or order of gastropod molluscs, including snails and slugs, in which the mantle is adapted as a lung

noun

1. any pulmonate mollusc

Word History and Origins

Origin of pulmonate¹

From the New Latin word pulmōnātus, dating back to 1835–45. See pulmonary, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pulmonate¹

C19: from New Latin pulmōnātus

Example Sentences

The torsion of the visceral hump is not carried out very fully, the consequence being that the anus has a posterior position a little to the right of the median line above the metapodium, whilst the branchial chamber formed by the overhanging mantle-skirt faces the right side of the body instead of lying well to the front as in Streptoneura and as in Pulmonate Euthyneura.

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This is the condition in the Bullomorpha, the Aplysiomorpha, and in one Pulmonate, Pythia.

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These spermatophores are somewhat similar to those formed in certain pulmonate Gastropods.

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How interesting it will be to see hereafter plants treated in strict relation to your views; and then all insects, pulmonate molluscs, and fresh-water fishes, in greater detail than I suppose you have given to these lower animals.

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One cannot write easily of "pulmonate gasteropods."

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